Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-08-20
A STUDY IN CHURCH.
HOW TWO SELECT BELLIES BE-
 HAVED DURING A SERVICE.
Typical Pair of Delightful and Hand- some Girls-Not Quite So Devotional as They Appeared to bs-After the Amen"

"s AheF Appeared to be-After the
 Amen"
 A reporter went with a country friend to Drace church to observe the demeanor of the fashionable girls who rendezvous there of a Sahhath morning. They sat for short time in a Dew nt the side that commanded n view ot the entrance. Others were there waiting Tor the ushers to find them better seats. When the voluntary was about coming tO an end the pew holders began to arrive. The girls rustle'l by in magnificent apparel, and every one of them paused for an instant at the head Of the aisle, looking about the church before she walked down Co her pew. Each one also carried an elegant prayer book in her hand The most popular edition had gilt edged leaves, blue hack and a blue bopier on vellum covers. The rector and his assistants and the choir marched in, and the stream of incom- ing Dew hclders increased. The fashionable character of the audience became more marked A typical pair of delightful and handsome girls came in while the minister was engaged in reading the service. They entered at opposite sides of the ycstibule, recosnizet each other, and ran together with rcsounling kiss that echoed its way down tue broad aisle and lost itself in the sounding board over the pulpit. They held their prayer books daiutily before them and chatted and smiled ani as they smiled each took rapid but keen survey of the others dress. Each was blessed with an elegant figure and a rich Tapa, and there was little room for diSadvHn- tageous comparison, one with the other.
 When are you going aWayF asked one.
 Next week. When do you goP
 -Oh, we're going the day after tomorrow. We shnll go to Geneva in July, you know
 How delightful We are going to Paris about the same time. We must persuade our papas to take the same steamer The ngoing to the baize doors that opened upon the aisle, the last speaker peeped through and whis- pere,i: T think there are strangers in our pew
 Never mind, said the other, you must si: with me
 GRACEFULLY DONE.
 So they came To the head of the side aisle, stood for a moment as the others had done, and then walked about half way down the church to their pew When they entered tho pew they gave swing to their skirts Co a. sure themselves thar the touruure should come down right. It was gracefully done Then they inclined their heads, one putting q veIlum covered prayer book to her eyes, tue other her gloved fingers 4 friend in the pew in front turned and kindly showed them in the service to which the minister had come They smiled their thanks in the sweetest manner and glanced critically but not unfavorably at their friends bonnet When in the course of the service 1t became nerlsslry Co nray for merry for us miseTabls sinners they moved the.r lips decorously and presumably uttered the self condemnatory words \ beautIful girl m a fairly stunning dress swept down the aisle Co pew some dis tance in front Of them They turnei their heads slightly and looked with all their eyes at the passing show, and they did not cease 10 look until several seconds had elapsed after the new conner hal taken her seat
 During the sermon the girls kept their eyes with consilerabl" steldfaStnc>s m the general direction of the pulpit, and al times they ceT- taiuly heard what the preacher said; but often there was dreamy expression on their faces as they glanced at a grUinel arch over tue preachers Lead, and one might have thought that they saw visions of Geneva aud PaTIs and the glory of fine rainent displayed ai Worth's. Becoming humility was shown when they bowed their heads to receive ths b.uedicii8u. When the "AmcnT was spoken they stepped quickly, though not with In- 1 proper haste, ic'o tIe aisl-. and went Co tEe bsautiful girl whose eutraErc had distracted their attention. Their words of greeting
 were eflusivc. and they fell to talking a; once about the trips abroad in prospect As they passed up the aisle just behind him the reporter failed to catch a single word tina; l had tLe remotest connection with the topic ul | the sermon or the general service. and when | they reached the Broadway sidewalk they ! kissed each other and went their respective uavs Every movement had been quiet au3 uuUrou0uGcet, the effects Icing accomplished with the sk.ilful and re~srve,l grace that d.s- tinguisles the flshiona' le city bred girl from all o,hers in the world. And that is how New York swell girls act in church. | York San.